diff --git a/airflow/.test.env b/airflow/.test.env
index 5fa36c5ec5..150de0b19d 100644
--- a/airflow/.test.env
+++ b/airflow/.test.env
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 AIRFLOW__CORE__EXECUTOR=SequentialExecutor
 AIRFLOW__SCHEDULER__CATCHUP_BY_DEFAULT=false
 AIRFLOW_CONN_GOOGLE_CLOUD_DEFAULT='google-cloud-platform://'
+AIRFLOW_ENV=cal-itp-data-infra-staging
 CALITP_BUCKET__AGGREGATOR_SCRAPER=gs://calitp-staging-pytest
 CALITP_BUCKET__AIRTABLE=gs://calitp-staging-pytest
 CALITP_BUCKET__AMPLITUDE_BENEFITS_EVENTS=gs://calitp-staging-pytest
diff --git a/airflow/dags/dags.py b/airflow/dags/dags.py
index 8ffcd9f04c..cefb2691cc 100644
--- a/airflow/dags/dags.py
+++ b/airflow/dags/dags.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def log_failure_to_slack(context):
         latest_only=False,
         user_defined_macros={
             "image_tag": lambda: "development"
-            if os.environ["AIRFLOW_ENV"] == "development"
+            if os.environ["AIRFLOW_ENV"] == "cal-itp-data-infra-staging"
             else "latest",
             "env_var": os.environ.get,
         },
diff --git a/airflow/dags/download_gtfs_schedule_v2/_email_download_failures.py b/airflow/dags/download_gtfs_schedule_v2/_email_download_failures.py
index acf48a2d7c..c8f38845eb 100644
--- a/airflow/dags/download_gtfs_schedule_v2/_email_download_failures.py
+++ b/airflow/dags/download_gtfs_schedule_v2/_email_download_failures.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #     {html_report}
 #     """  # noqa: E231,E241
 
-#     if os.environ["AIRFLOW_ENV"] == "development":
+#     if os.environ["AIRFLOW_ENV"] == "cal-itp-data-infra-staging":
 #         print(
 #             f"Skipping since in development mode! Would have emailed {failures_df.shape[0]} failures."
 #         )
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/overlays/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3-test/archiver-channel-vars.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/overlays/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3-test/archiver-channel-vars.yaml
index cacfb512c2..a98dc19f39 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/overlays/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3-test/archiver-channel-vars.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/overlays/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3-test/archiver-channel-vars.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: archiver-channel-vars
 data:
-  AIRFLOW_ENV: development
+  AIRFLOW_ENV: cal-itp-data-infra-staging
   CALITP_BUCKET__GTFS_DOWNLOAD_CONFIG: "gs://test-calitp-gtfs-download-config"
   CALITP_BUCKET__GTFS_RT_RAW: "gs://test-calitp-gtfs-rt-raw-v2"
   CALITP_HUEY_CONSUMER_WORKERS: "8"
diff --git a/packages/calitp-data-infra/tests/conftest.py b/packages/calitp-data-infra/tests/conftest.py
index 8bf636b11b..cb093fc033 100644
--- a/packages/calitp-data-infra/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/packages/calitp-data-infra/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import os
 
-os.environ["AIRFLOW_ENV"] = "development"
+os.environ["AIRFLOW_ENV"] = "cal-itp-data-infra-staging"
diff --git a/services/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3/docker-compose.yml b/services/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3/docker-compose.yml
index ed2e3cf8f9..bc73653d9a 100644
--- a/services/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/gtfs-rt-archiver-v3/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ x-gtfs-rt-archiver-v3-common:
   &gtfs-rt-archiver-v3-common
   build: .
   environment:
-    AIRFLOW_ENV: development
+    AIRFLOW_ENV: cal-itp-data-infra-staging
     CALITP_BUCKET__AIRTABLE: "gs://test-calitp-airtable"
     CALITP_BUCKET__GTFS_DOWNLOAD_CONFIG: "gs://test-calitp-gtfs-download-config"
     CALITP_BUCKET__GTFS_RT_RAW: "gs://dev-calitp-gtfs-rt-raw"